[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1993]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

33 CFR Parts 404 Through 407


Seaway Regulations and Rules: Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations; 
Public Meeting

AGENCY: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, DOT.

ACTION: Public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a public meeting that will be held 
from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., on March 11, 1997, in the Lambert Room at 
the Sheraton Airport Hotel at Cleveland Hopkins Airport in Cleveland, 
Ohio. The purpose of the meeting is to gather information and to 
provide a forum for members of the public to discuss their ideas for 
improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the Great Lakes 
Pilotage System.

DATES: The public meeting will be held from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., on 
March 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Lambert Room at the 
Sheraton Airport Hotel at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, 5300 Riverside 
Dr., Cleveland, OH 44135, phone (216) 267-1500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott A. Poyer, Chief Economist, Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Office of Great Lakes 
Pilotage, United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street 
SW., Suite 5424, Washington, DC 20590, phone 1-800-785-2779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 25, 1996, the Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking and hearing in the Federal Register (61 FR 50258) (the 
NPRM), which proposed to increase Great Lakes pilotage rates. In 
response to the NPRM and public hearing, the SLSDC received many 
comments which were beyond the scope of the NPRM. Many commenters 
recommended changes to the entire system of pilotage on the Great 
Lakes.
    The current system of pilotage on the Great Lakes was established 
by the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 (46 U.S.C. Chapter 93), and its 
attendant Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations (33 CFR Parts 404-407). In 
the 36 years since the Great Lakes pilotage system was established the 
pilotage system has remained virtually unchanged, even though the 
maritime industry on the Great Lakes has changed substantially. Many 
commenters on the NPRM raised questions concerning the current pilotage 
system's safety, reliability and efficiency. These commenters, 
representing all facets of the maritime industry on the Great Lakes, 
requested a comprehensive review of this issue.
    The purpose of the public meeting announced in this notice is to 
provide a forum for the public to discuss with the SLSDC, and with each 
other, ideas for improving the safety, reliability, and efficiency of 
the Great Lakes Pilotage System.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. on January 23, 1997.

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Gail C. McDonald,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-1993 Filed 1-28-97; 8:45 am]
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